Lower Somerset EMS held its annual Christmas party and awards ceremony on the evening of December 21st. The department takes this time to recognize members for a number of things from going above and beyond in the line of duty to top responders. We started the night with taking a group photo, then had a nice dinner and followed up by our awards ceremony. Thank you Tim Collins of TCI Inspirations Photography ... (Full Story & Photos)

Lower Somerset EMS is accepting sealed bids for the sale of our older ambulance 802. 802 is a 2000 Freightliner chassis with 134,620 miles. Vehicle has been well maintained. Sealed bids will be accepted until 12/28 via drop off at Station 8 at 2 Mill Lane in Crisfield, Maryland or via US mail to 3 Jacksonville Lane Crisfield, Maryland. Please write “sealed bid” on the envelope when submitting your ... (Full Story & Photos)

This year we wanted to do something different when decorating Station 8 for the Holidays. We felt that we should honor and recognize our members that are no longer with us. Because of this we placed a wreath to represent each one of the 23 members that have passed.

It’s with great honor that we recognize the following members this Holiday season:

James Gundling
Bill Martin
James Lankford
Linda ... (Full Story & Photos)

Members from Lower Somerset EMS, along with the Crisfield Police Department and Crisfield Volunteer Fire Department, welcomed Santa to the City of Crisfield. Santa arrived via horse driven carriage. Crisfield’s Mayor, Barry Dize, also lit the famous “Crab Pot Tree”. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Our first pit beef and ham sandwich sale was a great success because of our community coming out and supporting us. We intended to be serving sandwiches from 11 AM to 2 PM and we SOLD OUT by 12:30! We would like to thank Tim Howlett for loaning us his slicer, which made our job much easier. We also want to thank Pepsi of Salisbury for donating sodas and water and Sandy Drewer of The Print and Ship ... (Full Story & Photos)

Lower Somerset EMS and the Crisfield Fire Department have a limited quantity of free smoke detectors for people within our community.

If you are interested in receiving a free smoke detector please email publicinfo@lowersomersetems or stop by either station. We are limiting one smoke detector per household. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Lower Somerset EMS is proud to announce the arrival of our brand new 2021 Horton Ambulance. This ambulance sits on a 2021 Ford F550 4x2 chassis. We are able to get this ambulance due to hard work by President Nelson applying for, and being awarded, grants such as the Covid Cares grant and from generous donations from the community we serve. The new ambulance is state of the art and includes a power ... (Full Story & Photos)

Members from Lower Somerset were in Grove City at Horton Emergency Vehicle’s production plant inspecting our new 2021 Ford F-550 ambulance. Final inspection is one of the last steps before delivery. The new ambulance will be sent to Maryland to have letting and decals installed. We anticipate delivery to be some time around Thanksgiving.

Lower Somerset was able to purchase this unit, which cost ... (Full Story & Photos)